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The progress of four young medical pioneers in the wild days of Victorian medicine.

Following the progress of four young medical pioneers in the daring and wild days of Victorian medicine.

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Rory Kinnear

Ed Gaughan

Maggie Service

Amy Marston

Tom Godwin

Tom Basden

Victoria Alcock

Osi Okerafor

Mathew Baynton

Andy Linden

Adam Ewan

Rupert Everett

Lydia Leonard

Georgia Brown

Bekka Bowling

Geoff McGivern

Georgie Glen

Selina Griffiths

Nicholas Blane

Matt Hermiston

Andy De Emmony

Imogen Cooper

James Wood

Justin Davies

Robin Peters

Ian Arber

Andy Bennett

Billy Davey

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Quacks: Series 1: Episode 1: The Duke's Tracheotomy

The Duke’s Tracheotomy

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Episode 1: The Duke's Tracheotomy

Series 1

The Duke's Tracheotomy

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After a botched amputation, surgeon Robert is put under pressure by the royal physician.

Medical comedy set in Victorian London. After a botched amputation, surgeon Robert is put under pressure by royal physician Dr Hendrick.

Robert is a domineering, showman surgeon - a rock star of his age - who is almost as brilliant as he thinks he is. He can pack out an operating theatre and take off a leg in 92 seconds. But after a botched amputation, Robert is put under pressure by the royal physician, Dr Hendrick. So John, a drug-addled dentist who is trying to create the world's first anaesthetic, convinces Robert to use potentially lethal ether in a prestigious and pioneering operation.

Meanwhile, Caroline, Robert's headstrong wife, finds herself frustrated with her lot as a housewife and seeks help from Robert's friend William - a kind but anxious alienist - an early psychiatrist - who understands her better than her own husband does. He wants to help her with phrenology treatment, but that involves touching her on an intimate area - her head. The lines are blurred when it becomes clear Caroline wants more than just psychiatry from William, and he finds himself torn between being a friend to Robert and a doctor to Caroline.

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Four young medical pioneers fight to make their mark on the world.

Four young medical pioneers fight to make their mark on the world - beat their rivals - and save lives.

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